You & Star Wars

[Maciamo]

Let me disagree with TwistedMac and Glenn who claim that the 3 new episodes are less good than the old ones.

I recentlt re-watch the 3 old ones after seeing Episode III. I was a bit shocked by a few things. Of course the special effects and music are not as good as the new ones, but the actors also don't look so good. Luke is not handsome and Leia no beautiful, especially compared to the dream couple Padme & Anakin (Nathalie Portman is one of the most beautiful actress I know, along with Liv Tyler).

I found their acting less good than Anakin, Obiwan or the Emperor in the new episodes. Yoda just looks ridiculous in Return of the Jedi after seeing the new episodes. I also found the action to be slower in the old episodes and the emotion of the scenes less deep than in Episode II and III (Episode I was relatively childish).

Something I love about Episode III is how smooth the connection with Episode IV is at the end (so much as I had imagined that I cried watching the last 5 minutes - maybe also due to the intensity of the music...).

My reproach in both Episode III and VI is the facility with which the emperor manages to turn Anakin or Luke to the dark side. It seems to me that Anakin had let his anger and hate dominate him much more in Episode II after his mother died than anytime in Episode III before becoming Darth Vador. I especially can't believe how Luke would have been turned to the dark side just for hitting the emperor, fisrt because he didn't have a past of hate and anger like Anakin, but also because he fought Darth Vador with as much rage as he would have attacked the emperor (maybe more) and was unscathed by the dark side.

[TwistedMac]

Let me disagree with TwistedMac and Glenn who claim that the 3 new episodes are less good than the old ones.

now now... I didn't say that. I agree that the older ones are ALSO really bad in that respect (also after having watched them again) but that doesn't excuse 1-3 from being that bad.. this time around they had an ENORMOUS budget and people with MANY years of experience in the sci fi business... they SHOULD have done ALOT better.